Topic: A Ready Witness [Monday October 12, 2015]
Text: Acts 8:26-40
Key Verse: “And when Saul was come to Jerusalem, he assayed to join himself to the disciples: but they were all afraid of him, and believed not that he was a disciple” (Acts 9:26).
As the age winds to a close, the Lord Jesus is in dire need of those who will faithfully and unconditionally give themselves to soul-winning. One sad thing that has befallen Christendom today is that we have become too busy and preoccupied with many activities that the Lord can hardly get our attention to speak to us and get us do His bidding. This is where the life of Philip the evangelist comes as a great challenge. Although he was busy and occupied with the revival that the Lord had used him to start in Samaria, he never allowed the euphoria of that success to deafen his ears and make him insensitive to the Spirit of God. He was a ready, willing and available man for God’s use. That was why God was able to use him mightily in Samaria in the first place.
Now, when the Lord needed a man to witness to the Ethiopian Eunuch, He could count on Philip; he did not fail Him. Can God get your attention when He needs it? Is it possible for Him to get you out of your busy pursuit and engagements to run errands for Him? Should the Lord need someone to send to a ripened soul waiting to be harvested into the kingdom, will He call on you? Or, are you so buried in your business that you cannot hear the cry of the dying world or the voice of the loving Saviour bidding you to go and help someone understand the way of salvation?
There are many “Eunuchs of Ethiopia” around us today, longing for some “Philips” to help them understand the way of salvation. If we are to be worthy vessels that the Lord can employ for emergency rescue missions, then we must be surrendered, willing, ready and open to the voice of the Spirit of God. Our vessels must be clean at all times and filled up with the Holy Spirit.
Thought for the day: God will only use a willing and ready heart; are you one?
Bible Reading in one Year: Luke 23–24
DCLM Daily Manna was written by Pastor William Folorunso Kumuyi; is the founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Life Bible Church situated at KM 42 on the busy Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Nigeria.
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